Master Brick Build Custom Toys vs BrickSide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Master Brick Build Custom Toys
Discover thousands of custom building instructions for popular categories like cars, robots, and animals. Create new models using your existing bricks with clear, easy-to-follow guides. Share your own unique builds with a vibrant community gallery.
- 4000+ custom building instructions
- Instructions for cars, robots, animals, and more
- Build with existing bricks
- Clear and easy-to-follow guides
- Public gallery to share creations
- Community MOC sharing
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4000+ cool custom creations! Lots of cool creations for most popular categories: Cars, Robots, Minecraft Heroes, Animals, Houses and the like. Have fun by building something new with your old bricks. All instructions are clear and easy to follow. With the Public Gallery you can publish photos of your own creations (MOC) and any other models you build by yourself! Please give us your feedback, write a short review on App Store!
BrickSide
This app helps LEGO enthusiasts discover alternate builds (MOCs) and manage their collection. Scan set barcodes to identify them instantly and explore thousands of creative building ideas. It also provides detailed information on minifigures and allows you to track your owned sets.
- Barcode scanner for LEGO sets
- Discover thousands of alternate builds (MOCs)
- Manage and track owned LEGO sets
- Minifigure rarity and appearance details
- Save desired sets to a wishlist
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BrickSide is the ultimate companion for LEGO enthusiasts. Scan barcodes in-store to instantly identify sets, track the real market value of your collection, discover thousands of alternate builds (MOCs) you can create from sets you own, and manage everything in one place. Features: Barcode Scanner: Scan any LEGO set barcode for instant identification MOC Discovery: Swipe through thousands of alternate builds Collection Manager: Track your owned sets with sealed/opened condition, live market values, and a historic value chart Set Value Engine: Real eBay-driven prices for sealed vs opened sets, with confidence indicators and MSRP fallback Minifigure Insights: Rarity, appearances, and live resale values for 7,000+ minifigs Wishlist: Save sets you want with priority levels Multi-angle set images and detailed set information BrickSide Premium unlocks unlimited discovery, buildable-now filtering, the historic value chart, parts inventory, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BrickSide at none against Master Brick Build Custom Toys's shown. BrickSide also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Master Brick Build Custom Toys's advantage is ratings volume (485 vs 20) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Master Brick Build Custom Toys sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BrickSide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Master Brick Build Custom Toys against 4.5 for BrickSide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Master Brick Build Custom Toys has 485 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Master Brick Build Custom Toys's written reviews are positive against 50% of BrickSide's.
Master Brick Build Custom Toys ships an update every 5 weeks, BrickSide every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Master Brick Build Custom Toys | BrickSide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (485 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 485 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damir Nigomedyanov | Big Boy Brands, LLC |
Customer experience
Master Brick Build Custom Toys
BrickSide
Bugs and requests
Master Brick Build Custom Toys
Reported bugs
8 issues- Loading issues
- Premium not available after purchase
- Invalid email for help
- Inappropriate posts in gallery
- Items not loading
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- App doesn't load
- Premium not working
- Premium content not accessible
Requested features
12 requests- Add more robots
- Add Alex to Minecraft one
- Add trucks with consenters
- Add trains
- More options needed
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- More items to build
- More free content
- Fix premium issues
- Add Transformers like in photos
- Make loading work
- Add more models
- Add more free models
BrickSide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Master Brick Build Custom Toys
- Unlock premium items$1.99
BrickSide
- BrickSide Premium$5.991 Month
- BrickSide Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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